Arya 1.0.2 for Mac · Free and open source
Work by hand on a timeline, or say what should change. Every change is an ordinary edit you can adjust and undo.
Cut, grade, animate, mix and deliver without round trips. Every workspace edits the same project file, so a grade, a title or a short stays live and editable.
Blade, ripple, roll, slip and slide on a multitrack timeline, with snapping, markers, automatic proxies, nested compositions and multicam with audio sync for up to nine angles.
A node graph with serial, parallel and layer-mixer nodes, lift, gamma, gain and offset wheels, curves, HSL qualifiers, circle, rectangle or linear windows, .cube LUTs and four scopes.
Keyframes with easing and value and speed graphs, expressions, vector titles and shapes, masks, track mattes, parenting and a point and box tracker.
A track mixer with parametric EQ, compressor, gate, de-esser, limiter, reverb and delay, plus denoise, voice cleanup and loudness measurement in LUFS and true peak.
Transcript passages, 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9 compositions, tracked reframing with position keyframes and captions in four styles, all editable by hand.
Import a frame and get its text, rectangles, ellipses and nested frames as editable layers. Smart Animate turns two frames into an animated transition.
AI assistant · Mac & local browser editor
Select clips, a title or a range and describe what should change. The assistant reads your selection, playhead, transcript and rendered frames, then edits through the same timeline operations you use by hand.
Color
Build serial, parallel and layer-mixer graphs. Each corrector has its own lift, gamma, gain and offset wheels, curves, HSL qualifier and circle, rectangle or linear window. Load .cube LUTs, copy grades across clips and read the signal on the waveform, RGB parade, vectorscope and histogram.
Motion
Animate position, scale, rotation and opacity with easing presets or custom curves in the value and speed graphs. Write expressions such as wiggle(2, 30), parent layers to nulls, draw masks, apply alpha or luma track mattes and drive layers from a point or box tracker.
Audio
Every track has a fader, pan and an effect rack with parametric EQ, compressor, gate, de-esser, limiter, reverb and delay. Clean dialogue with denoise and voice cleanup, measure integrated LUFS and true peak, then normalize clips to -14, -16 or -23 LUFS.
Shorts
Transcribe speech, search passages by topic or duration, and build each short as its own 9:16, 1:1 or 16:9 composition with linked audio, tracked reframing keyframes and captions in plain, boxed, word-highlight or one-word styles.
Figma · Mac & local browser editor
Import frames with a Figma personal access token. If you use the Figma MCP server in Claude Code, Claude can import frames for you. Smart Animate turns two frames into an animated transition.
Arya runs as a native Mac app, a local browser editor run from source, and a hosted browser preview at /editor/. The hosted preview keeps projects in browser storage and exports H.264, HEVC, WAV and AAC up to five minutes.
| Capability | Mac app (v1.0.2) | Local browser editor (from source) | Hosted browser editor (/editor/) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Editing | Full multitrack timeline, local project folders, automatic proxies, FCPXML and OTIO, ProRes 4444 and PNG alpha export. | Full timeline, proxies and render queue via local server. ProRes 4444 and PNG alpha export, plus CMX 3600 EDL. | Full timeline in browser storage (IndexedDB). Exports H.264, HEVC, WAV and AAC up to 5 minutes. No FCPXML or OTIO. |
| Color | Serial, parallel and layer-mixer nodes, wheels, curves, HSL qualifiers, windows, .cube LUTs, four scopes and reference matching. | Included (renders Rec. 709). | Included (renders Rec. 709). |
| Motion | Keyframes, value and speed graphs, expressions, vector titles and shapes, masks, track mattes, parenting, point and box tracker. | Included (point and box tracker; no planar tracker). | Included (point and box tracker; no planar tracker). |
| Audio | Track mixer, EQ, dynamics, reverb, delay, denoise, voice cleanup, LUFS and true-peak metering, normalize to -14, -16 or -23 LUFS. | Included, with offline LUFS measurement and normalization. | Track mixer, effects, loudness metering and normalization. No denoise or voice cleanup. |
| Shorts and transcription | 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9 compositions, reframing, four caption styles, and transcription with Apple Speech, on device where the Mac supports it. | Included, with local transcription when whisper.cpp is installed. | Vertical and square projects only. No transcription, captions or shorts tools. |
| AI assistant | Connect your own Claude Code or Codex account. Ordinary timeline edits with a change receipt and Undo. | Connect your own Claude Code or Codex account through the local server. | Not available in the hosted browser editor. |
| Figma import | Import frames as editable text, shape and nested layers with a personal access token, or paste Figma MCP node data. | Import frames with a personal access token, or ask Claude Code with the Figma MCP server through /reel. | Not available in the hosted browser editor. |
Arya reads and writes FCPXML, OpenTimelineIO, SRT and WebVTT, and exports H.264, HEVC, ProRes 422, 422 HQ and 4444, GIF, PNG sequences, WAV and AAC.
| Coming from | What carries over | What does not, yet |
|---|---|---|
| Final Cut Pro | Import FCPXML files and .fcpxmld bundles, and export FCPXML. | Generators arrive as solid colors, multicam clips as their active angle and variable speed as one constant speed. |
| DaVinci Resolve | Move timelines as FCPXML or OpenTimelineIO. Grades use a node graph with wheels, curves, qualifiers and windows. | Resolve grades and Fusion compositions do not import. |
| Premiere Pro | Bring captions as SRT or WebVTT. Send a cut list as a CMX 3600 EDL from the local browser editor. | Premiere XML and AAF are not supported, and EDL is export only. |
| After Effects | Precompose, parenting, track mattes, masks and expressions such as wiggle and loopOut. | No planar tracking and no third-party plug-ins. |
| Opus Clip | Passage suggestions quote the transcript they come from. Each short stays an editable composition. | Suggestion scores rank structure only. They do not predict views. |
Yes. Arya 1.0.2 for Mac is on the download page with its version, requirements and SHA-256 checksum. It is free, signed, notarized and licensed under MIT. iPhone and iPad builds are coming later.
The Mac app and the local browser editor (run from source) support local project folders, AI assistant connections, Figma imports and local transcription. The hosted browser editor at /editor/ runs entirely in your browser storage with no AI assistant, Figma import, transcription, captions or FCPXML and OTIO interchange.
No. Editing, grading, motion, audio and export all work without an assistant. Connecting your own Claude Code or Codex account is optional.
On Mac, your project file and media stay in the local folder you choose. In the hosted browser editor, files stay in your browser profile storage. Nothing is uploaded unless you send a prompt to your connected AI provider, or the Mac app transcribes a language your Mac cannot recognize on device, which sends that audio to Apple. Read the privacy policy for details.
Yes. Arya is released under the MIT license with no subscriptions, watermarks or paid tiers. The full source code is on GitHub.
Afterlight is a separate illustration of editable layers. It does not run the Arya application or call an agent.
Title selected. Text stays separate from the composition.
